This game is so far a 3 ✨ out 5, mediocre, but with promise of an even greater game to come, hopefully.
Review {short and sweet I promise ;) }
This is at the time of it still being a prototype a mediocre game, it has potential, it is not like Gundam at all, remember that this is not a Gundam replacement, and more of a Evagalion sub and you will be fine, the story is lacking, but I feel the developers are working on that as I have seen changes in some parts of the story line.
Should you support the game, it depends, do you like anime wifu's? If yes, this game is right up your alley, but if you want something a bit dirty, serious, like a Gundam anime (the good ones!), then this is not that, this is a bit of Evagalion, but with a story that is barely there, character introduction is missing, a proper introduction to the game armory system is missing, some lines of dialog from characters are made way too long, at times not interesting or even relevant to the situation, or just too winded with details that could be said in one text box.
The game also has a bit of a balancing issue, where there are monsters with way too much health, just think of Destiny 2 and you get the point, also enemies having a lot of health is not really making the gaming more challenging, it just annoys the player when they have to pause after three hours of shooting the same enemy to go to work, and come back to do another three more hours, PLEASE DEVELOPERS STOP DOING THIS!!! Make the enemies smarter, do not add more health, it just forces people to find cheese in your game, and as someone who is studying computer science to become a game developer, I also hate seeing people just use cheese to get through the obstacles in my game, cheese should feel like an insult to a game developer, it should be a hint that the situation the player is going through is so dull, that they have to find exploits in which you as a developer forgot to patch.
Now a few words for the Development team:
You all have potential, in an era where people are begin major triple A game studios, publishers to produce actually fun games, please take the time to build this game, don't give up, yes there are people who have some really nasty or incompetent things to say, but there are also people who really want to see your project through to the end, people like me, who even though this is not the kind of game I like, I still want to see you all succeed in the gaming market.
Your game needs a more coherent story, sit down as a team to really think why are there mechs in this world, why are they attacking monsters, and how does all of that make sense, a proper introduction to the games world is essential for gamer's, we need to know why are we in this world, how did things become this bad, and why us, I can tell there is a bit of Evagalion inspiration, so go with that, but I can also tell that there's an attempt to make this as serious as a Gundam series, don't! Either go the anime route or the full serious route, look at current Bandai Namco, it is doing well on the name of Gundam, not the anime, not the games, only the toys, which is not good, because now they are starting to screw up with the toy line as well, and soon they will burn their own bridges with the fans.
Balance your ideas with a bit of a limitation, playing Mario Maker for the 3DS with the limited tools versus playing Mario Maker 2 with unlimited tools has taught me that having limitation can really force me to think about how to use the tools, become more clever, designing game boards that were voted highly by other players, one of my boards was even in one of my favorite YouTuber at the time when Mario Maker was still all the rage, but the sequel with unlimited tools has not inspired me to do much, my levels weren't as interesting, or clever, just annoying. This game needs mech models to already exist, models that force players to choose, and build upon, with parts that are specific to that model, accessories, armor parts, jet boosters, etc... need to have stats, I love the idea of weight being a factor in the game, but it needs to have consequences, like adding a model MS-T1R Booster (light booster) to a mech model FS-01 will let the model move quicker, but there is a limited range of speed, limited booster, while adding a model BBS-09 booster (heavy booster) will give the model FS-01 a lot of boosting capabilities, but the mech will be slow to run, slow to walk, have fall damage, things like that (hope you understand).
Monsters need better introduction, like why are they attacking, why are they attacking you specifically, they also need to be made a little bit more intelligent, the monsters also need a way to attack the player from a distance, a way to use cover, meaning better AI, having a monster that can realize that the player is a mech that can hit them from a distance should force the idea not to constantly running to the player as the player is aiming at the running monsters, also the health bar needs some work, please do not copy Destiny 2 with those health bar, I am still fighting a Dregg name Bobo as I type this, he is suppose to be level one, and I been hitting him for three weeks, I just got his health down by .37987329% the decimal is there to alert you of how bad Destiny 2 has gone with enemy health bars.
Arenas, I can tell your team is just going to be using arenas to for the battles, can I suggest adding buildings, obstacles that can be destroyed, water to change how the fighting scenarios work, forcing players to come up with strategies.
Sorry for the long page essay, I just really want to see this game make it, I want to see your development team make it, I just hope you are doing okay, and that this game could push you all to where ever you all wish to be in the future, thank you for taking the time to read this, good luck spacenuts! See you at the other end of the galaxy.
